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Netbeans does not work properly with Unity Launcher

Bug #732733 reported by Richard Senior on 2011-03-10

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This bug affects 33 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Netbeans Core	Confirmed	Medium	auto-netbeans.org #191815
	netbeans (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: netbeans

If Netbeans is launched from a Unity shortcut, it launches ok. Right-click and select "Keep in Launcher". Application name is shown as "java-lang-Thread". Close Netbeans and try to re-launch from the launcher. The icon pulses for a few seconds but Netbeans does not launch.

In some cases the title bar of Netbeans is missing but I cannot find a pattern to this. May be associated with whether Netbeans was closed when maximised or full-screen but it's not consistent. On launch, the title bar is sometimes missing, the menu font is compressed vertically and menus appear to be in the wrong place. Clicking on one menu actually brings up another. Switching back and forth between full-screen (in the application) and maximised sorts it out.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: netbeans 6.9-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Mar 10 17:27:34 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110302)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: netbeans
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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In netbeans.org/bugzilla/ #191815, Fabriziogiudici (fabriziogiudici) wrote on 2010-11-10:

#10

Ubuntu is coming with a new user interface named Unity, which includes a new application launcher. It is already the default in 10.10 for the NetBook edition, it will be the Ubuntu Default from 11.04.

It would be nice if the IDE installer detected if Unity is installed and automatically added an icon to the launcher toolbar. It is pretty easy to do (a file must be created and another XML file must be changed), I described a manual configuration on my blog:

http://weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici/archive/2010/11/10/running-netbeans-ubuntu-unity-application-launcher

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Richard Senior (sanhozay) wrote on 2011-03-10:

Dependencies.txt Edit (4.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Richard Senior (sanhozay) wrote on 2011-03-10:

I note the inability to relaunch from the launcher is also a problem with Gimp.

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Richard Senior (sanhozay) wrote on 2011-03-11:

A workaround to get Netbeans to launch from the Unity launcher is to drag from /usr/share/applications onto the launcher. A second icon appears while Netbeans is running but at least it can be launched.

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Alex Bell (ubuntu-upb) wrote on 2011-04-05:

I have this bug too. It's not very obvious to create launchers by dragging them from /usr/share/applications maybe some "right mouse button option" needs to be created for adding links and modifying unity?
2Richard Senior: thank you for youre reply it solved problem for me.

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Rogerio (bueno-rogerio) wrote on 2011-05-01:

Thanks,
Resolved for me too ...

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LagartoFlojo (lagartoflojo) wrote on 2011-05-02:

But it's not technically "solved." This is just a workaround.
There shouldn't be another icon while NetBeans is running.

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Prunus dulcis (prunus-dulcis) wrote on 2011-05-08:

I also get the second icon, which is really disturbing and most of all, takes away lots of space due to the way, unity works with its big icons. There also is a huge bug with non-maximized netbeans windows (which I dragged away accidentally) and cannot find a way to maximize it again but it does not have window borders and no min-max-close buttons at the top-bar.

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Paulo Canedo (paulocanedo) wrote on 2011-05-09:

I also have the problem and I wish that canonical or some other fix the bug.

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) on 2011-08-22

Changed in netbeans (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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In netbeans.org/bugzilla/ #191815, Nightpool (nightpool) wrote on 2011-10-18:

#11

It would also be nice if we move the menu bar to the top of the screen, as is the unity convention. Can this be added?

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LumpyCustard (orangelumpycustard) wrote on 2011-10-25:

Why has The Gimp been added to this report?

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-10-25

Changed in netbeans:
importance:	Unknown → Medium
status:	Unknown → Confirmed

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In netbeans.org/bugzilla/ #191815, Abhijeetnayak-2 (abhijeetnayak-2) wrote on 2011-12-15:

#12

Hello guys.

Could you please fix this issue. Even though it is not issue having menus in application but while coding oneline of space is important.

Lokking forward your fix soon.

Thanks
Abhijeet

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Richard Senior (sanhozay) wrote on 2012-04-07:

#13

The reason Gimp has been added to the report is that it exhibits similar behaviour. I've just tried this on Precise Beta and it's still a problem but I'm going to remove Gimp fom this report and raise a new bug (unless one already exists).

no longer affects:

gimp

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In netbeans.org/bugzilla/ #191815, Lfischmeistr (lfischmeistr) wrote on 2012-10-22:

#14

Nowadays the "Lock to launcher" works and comments 1 and 2 are irrelevant and should be added as a standalone enhancement, the priority was decreased to P3.

We will think about the possibility, that the icon was added to Unity launcher during the installation.

Thanks for the useful link.